100 years ago, 1914
A band of young fellows with more than loss of the rowdy spirit stirred things up a bit in Lewiston Friday night. A rock was thrown thru a window in the house of Sheriff Stevens on Holland street. A rotten egg was thrown into the vestibule of the Main street trolley car, and windows in Parker Hall on the Bates campus were broken. The work was thought to be done by boys of 12 or 13.

50 years ago, 1964
The sharp eyes of an Auburn police officer today were largely responsible for the spotting of a dangerous situation for unsuspecting motorists on Main Street in Auburn. Officer Rene M. Plourde, while on duty in a police cruiser car, noticed a depression in the pavement in front of the former Flock Buick Co. building. Plourde notified headquarters that the pavement appeared to have dropped about five inches. Jack-hammers put to use by Auburn Water District employees suddenly gave way to reveal a large cavern beneath the street. Swiftly flowing water had undermined a section of Main Street some 60 feet long and about ten feet wide. The depth of the washed out area ranged from about three feet to eight or ten feet at the deepest end. The traveling surface of the road was being supported by about eight inches of concrete, cobblestones and asphalt. Beneath it, there was nothing.

25 years ago, 1989
The Auburn Planning Board members unanimously approved the special exception for Whiteholm Mall, a $14 million shopping center planned by a Connecticut development firm for 40 acres of land at the intersection of Mount Auburn Avenue and Turner Street. Plans for the 324,393-square-foot Whiteholm Mall include a separate building that would house a 10-screen movie theater, public facilities and handicapped accessibility throughout the development. Also, the project’s developers would be obligated to pay for an equitable share in needed traffic improvements to Mount Auburn Avenue, Turner Street and other roads made necessary by the 17,000 daily vehicle trips the project is expected to generate.